For March and April 2019, you can turn back time on the concert scene. Among the big names are Alabama (PPG Paints Arena), Mariah Carey (Benedum Center), KISS (PPG) and Cher, who will sashay into the arena on April 18. A good bet for fans is the gift card route. Ticketmaster cards are available online and at places such as Giant Eagle, and the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust also offers gift cards at trustarts.org/pct_home/events/gift-cards. The range for Cher tickets is $47-$476; Mariah Carey, $64.95-$499.95; and Graham Nash at the Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead, $49-$395.95.
“Dear Evan Hansen,” the Tony-winning musical about a troubled teen and the power of social media, is now a hardcover novel by Val Emmich (Little Brown Books for Young Readers). It’s $12.49 at barnesandnoble.com. The national tour, starring Carnegie Mellon alum Ben Levi Ross, is headed to Heinz Hall as part of the PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh series May 21-26. Tickets are $41-$86 at trustarts.org or 412-456-6666.
Know someone who loves a good game show? In the musical “Game On,” three contestants vie to win a record-setting $10 million jackpot. A Pittsburgh CLO world premiere by alums Marcus Stevens (book and lyrics) and David Dabbon (music) is at the Greer Cabaret Theater, Downtown, through Jan. 27. Tickets $31.25-$59.75 at pittsburghclo.org or 412-456-6666.
If you loved Richard Thomas as John-Boy Walton or one of his other stage and screen roles, see him live as Ebenezer Scrooge in Pittsburgh CLO’s “A Musical Christmas Carol,” now in its 27th year. The tuneful ode to Dickens’ tale of redemption is at the Byham Theater from Dec. 7-23. Tickets: $33-$62 at trustarts.org or 412-456-6666.
Do you know a “Hamilfan” in the making? If you’re getting ready for the coming of “Hamilton” to the Benedum Center Jan. 1-27, the official “merch” site is broadwaymerchandiseshop.com/stores/hamilton/, where this “Young, Scrappy and Hungry” onesie is $20.
A gift that easily fits the new Pittsburgh Cultural Trust bag policy and doesn't sacrifice style is the Pittsburgh Steelers Clear Envelope Style Purse, $17.95 at shop.steelers.com. The 10- by 6½-inch purse can be worn crossbody or as a clutch for easy check-through in the bag-check line.
Get tickets and get reacquainted with F. Scott Fitzgerald’s great American novel of 1925, “The Great Gatsby,” in Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's new production by Jorden Morris with the PBT Orchestra at the Benedum Center Feb. 8-17. Tickets are $28-$112 at pbt.culturaldistrict.org. At Audible.com, a membership is $14.95 a month — with discount offers — and includes the exclusive audiobook read by Jake Gyllenhaal.
First Published: November 23, 2018, 1:00 p.m.
Updated: November 26, 2018, 9:28 p.m.
